What kind of gun is in this picture? Is this one of those assault
rifles? You bet it is and it's legal in Northern Siberia.

This is a Kalashnikov assault rifle that is being sold
in a sporting goods store in Khatanga. The young man holding
the gun is Andrew. He was on this expedition with the purpose of
jumping over the north pole on his 21st birthday. Andrew is in a
military school in the Kremlin which is much like our West Point.
He is a very smart person who speaks several languages. He knows
every American military plane by its number, he's a skydiver, he is learning
motocross on a RM-250 Suzuki and he is a real nice person to top everything
off. Next year, when he finishes his military school, he will become
a Russian Military Officer. I was teasing him that they will send
him to Sredney Island for his first command. If you don't know, Sredney
island is way north of the Arctic Circle way up in the Arctic Ocean.